Title The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (284 p.) Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Framing History -- The Anachronism of Nationalism -- Intellectual Connections in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland and the Case for Comparative Study -- Origin Legends and the Construction of Identities in the Early Medieval West -- Sources, Legends, and Arguments -- 1 Textual Connections -- Part I: Gildas's De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae and the Origin Legend of the Anglo-Saxons -- Part II: Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum and the Origins of the Picts Part III: The Historia Brittonum and the Origins of the Irish and the British -- Part IV: The Lebor Bretnach, the Lebor Gabála Érenn, and the Continuation of the Corpus -- Conclusions -- 2 Exile -- Part I: Exile in Classical, Biblical, and Late Antique Tradition -- Part II: Exile in Law and History in the Insular Region -- Part III: Exile in Insular Origin Narratives -- Conclusions -- 3 Kin-Slaying -- Part I: Kin-Slaying in Classical, Biblical, and Late Antique Tradition -- Part II: Kin-Slaying in Law and History in the Insular Region -- Part III: Kin-Slaying in Insular Origin Narratives Conclusions -- 4 Intermarriage and Incest -- Part I: Intermarriage and Incest in Biblical Tradition -- Part II: Intermarriage and Incest in Their Insular Legal and Historical Contexts -- Part III: Intermarriage in Insular Origin Narratives -- Part IV: Incest in Insular Origin Narratives -- Conclusions -- 5 Early Medieval Origin Legends in Early Modern Histories -- Part I: Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Growth of Origin Legends in the 'Long Twelfth Century' -- Part II: Origin Legends in the High Middle Ages -- Part III: The Early Modern Sources -- Part IV: Nationalism and Xenophobia Part V: Defending the Validity of a Nation's Own Past -- Part VI: Questioning the Origins of Others -- Conclusions -- Conclusion: Origin Legends and Local History -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This holistic study demonstrates the interconnected nature of early medieval origin legends and traces their growth over time Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Nationalism and literature -- Great Britain Nationalism and literature -- Ireland Historiography Nationalism and literature SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Sources Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Historiography Ireland -- History -- To 1603 -- Sources Ireland -- History -- To 1603 -- Historiography Subject Great Britain Ireland Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 1009225677 9781009225670

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